3 Suspects Arrested in ‘Anti-Terror’ Sweep in Russia’s Volatile Dagestan Region

It remains unclear whether suspects were sought in connection with the recent terror attack in Moscow that left more than 140 people dead.

A Russian law enforcement officer walks at a parking area near the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting incident, outside Moscow on March 22, 2024. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Three terrorist suspects have been detained in what Moscow is calling a “counter-terrorism operation” carried out in Russia’s southern Dagestan region.

“This morning, security apparatuses detained three individuals in [the cities of] Makhachkala and Kaspiysk who had been planning terrorist offenses,” Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee said in a March 31 statement.